Study of fatigue resistance of titanium-polymer composite materials in comparison with traditional titanium alloys

Antipov V.V., Duyunova V.A., Oglodkov M.S., Shiryaev A.A., Krokhinа V.A., Putyrskiy S.V., Anisimova A.Yu.
UDC
669.295
DOI
10.18577/2307-6046-2025-0-11-38-49
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Antipov V.V., Duyunova V.A., Oglodkov M.S., Shiryaev A.A., Krokhinа V.A., Putyrskiy S.V., Anisimova A.Yu. Study of fatigue resistance of titanium-polymer composite materials in comparison with traditional titanium alloys // Proceedings of VIAM. 2025. No. 11. DOI: 10.18577/2307-6046-2025-0-11-38-49. URL: https://test.viam.ru/en/journal/2025/11/4
Keywords
hybrid titanium layered composite, titanium alloys, VT23M, carbon plastic, aramid fiber plastic, microstructure, mechanical properties, fatigue damage behavior
Abstract

The physical, mechanical, and performance properties, as well as the microstructure, of layered titanium-polymer materials VTPO-1 (with organoplastic) and VTPU-1 (with carbon fiber reinforced plastic) based on the VT23M titanium alloy developed by the Kurchatov Institute National Research Center – VIAM are presented. The research results demonstrate that they possess significant advantages (lower values) of fatigue crack growth rate compared to titanium alloys Ti-64 and VT23M (up to 40 times). Unlike titanium alloys, the fatigue crack growth rate of VTPU-1 initially decreases with increasing stress intensity factor and then approaches steady-state values.

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